Workers’ struggle at Taunsa Barrage led by PTUDC puts capitalist extortionists on back foot The workers of the Taunsa Bridge have won an important victory in their struggle for payment of wage arrears and improved working conditions. Most of their demands have been met, and the rest will be fulfilled within 48 hours.
Pakistan: Workers challenge the brutality of multinational corporation at Taunsa Barrage A bitter strike has erupted at the Taunsa Barrage in Pakistan, as workers are demanding payment of wage arrears and better working conditions. One worker, whose wife was in hospital delivering a child, was beaten when he asked for payment of his wages to pay for proper medical care. His wife ended up dying in hospital due to lack of funds to pay for care.
Veteran Pakistan Communist speaks to Marxist.com - Jam Saqi Jam Saqi, is the former general secretary of the Communist Party of Pakistan. He has joined The Struggle, the Marxist tendency in Pakistan. In this interview he explains how he became active and finally came to understand the limitations of Stalinism. He invites all genuine revolutionary workers and youth on the South Asian subcontinent to join the International Marxist Tendency and struggle for socialist revolution.
Pakistan: Lawyers’ Protest shows crisis of regime The lawyers of Pakistan by taking to the streets to oppose an arbitrary act of the dictatorship have demonstrated their desire to fight, and if properly led, they could go far further than the immediate issue, to a genuinely national revolutionary struggle for democracy. Instead of that, all the indications are that the lawyers' movement is beginning to weaken and subside. Why is this?
Kashmir: the brutality of the state exposes its weakness! After the brutal police attack on a peaceful rally in Kashmir on March 8, there were protests across the whole region. In Rawalkot the youth broke through police lines and successfully marched to the District Court. No amount of repression is going to stop the will of the workers and youth to fight for their rights.
Comrades in Kashmir have been released Following the repression and imprisonment of some comrades in Kashmir, we are pleased to announce that they have now been released. It seems that the campaign of pressure has been successful, but we do not know the details. A report will follow later on.
State repression in Kashmir continues amid mass rallies The state in Kashmir has shown its true colors by increasing repression on comrades arrested yesterday when they were protesting for the basic demands of the peoples of Kashmir.
Pakistan - March 8, International Working Women’s Day celebrated at Lahore press club The PTUDC and Bonded Labour Liberation Front organized a joint meeting to commemorate International Working Women’s Day. The two organizations also decided upon a joint statement of demands and common programme of struggle.
State repression against workers and youth in Kashmir A demonstration was called today to protest against the failure of the state’s reconstruction efforts in Azad Kashmir. The demonstration was brutally attacked by police. Several comrades have been injured and arrested.
Kashmir: a real beginning of class struggle! After waiting for more than a year for the government to act on the promises it made at the time of the earthquake disaster, the workers have finally lost their patience and come out in an all-out strike. This is just a taste of what is to come.
Workers and teachers strike in Azad Kashmir The Pakistani government has absolutely failed in its efforts to clean up and repair the damage caused in Kashmir by the earthquake in October 2005. The people of Kashmir cannot accept this situation any longer and the government has nothing real to offer the movement, except more promises.
Hundreds of permanent employees expelled from Pakistan International Airlines The Pakistani state attacks the workers once more, this time at Pakistan International Airlines.
The APCA (All-Pakistan Clerical Association) Azad Kashmir is on hunger strike After all the promises of help, the Pakistani government has forgotten the workers of Kashmir who suffered terribly during the 2005 earthquake. Now the workers are demanding their rights. They need you solidarity!
Workers in unity at All Pakistan Labour Conference The All-Pakistan Labour Conference was held in Rawalpindi on December 19, 2006, bringing together some 500 delegates from unions and workers' associations from all across Pakistan. The goal of the conference was to unite the working class under one banner and to offer a solution to the problems and misery of the people in the struggle for socialism.
Pakistan: Victory Of Chavez - Dawn of Socialism of the 21st century Hands off Venezuela meetings were held across Pakistan to celebrate the victory of Hugo Chavez in the recent elections and to discuss how the lessons of the Venezuelan revolution can applied to Pakistan.
